Journal-box-waste retainer



Nov. 20, 1928. 1,692,334

R. H. DYER JOURNAL BOX WASTE RETAINER Filed July 28, 1926 gnoe'ntoz Dyer;

45 of the waste.

n lates to the lubrication of 'ournal box eg' especiallyi i'ailway carijournal This inventio xes and,f1nore specifically stated, consists infan improved device' for holding down an 5 keeping in'place the oil-soaked packing commonly used to lubricate such axleyjournals. Such devices 'are known as fwaste retainers and various forms have heretofore been used or proposed, but without practical-success, m asfaras my experience goes.' j

.As'is ll known, the-oil-soaked waste is packed in' thQbOttOlIl of the journal boxso that it is ,in oontactwith, he'lower half of the axle journal, to whi'ch' it supplies the lum bricant orjoil, whichis carried around on the 4 journal between'the latter and the bearing" or brass'resting Jon the upper half of the In use, this 'packing," instead of remaining to inthe bottomi-of the box, tends to creep-up on: the sideof, the journal opposite to the di; rectio .of. movement f the vehicle, so that, .-in ,time, most or the packing will accumulate on that side, with the result that the oil drains, into the bottom of the box, leaving the packing almost dry.. Insufiicient oil is then transmitted to the journal-and its brass, and thebearing becomes unduly heated, reett n. 9 c 'oui'nal actsto cause; some of the packing to e forced up around'the end of the journal into the front portion of the box; also the waste ets between the journal and the'brass when tie latter lifts, as it does when a sudden stop is made causingwhat are known as waste grabs all of whichinjuriously afe fects the efficientoperation of the bearing;

Another prolific cause'of losses to rail- 40 roads is the stealing of the oil-soaked waste from the, boxes, which is ,of frequent occur-- rence in some localities, the waste being taken, for example, for lighting fires, by simply lifting the 11d of the box and pulling out some All these defects, incident to journal boxes as now used, are obviated by my improved waste retainer, which is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of a car journal box, showing the axle journal and my improved waste retainer in side elevation.

Fig. 2 is an end view, partially in section, taken on line 2-2 of Fig. '1, and

- Fig. 3 is a plan view of one embodiment y JounuaLmox-wAsrE hermore, the collar'on the end of the t igafcta algq' 1511,28, 1926. Serial m-masesl i '4 i of the retainerconstitutingmy 1 w All waste retainers heretofore proposed,:- as far aslam aware, either comprisesome form of sprin or else, are .made of wire.- have found tiat the pressures exerted are so great that spring devices will not last and have therefore devised the presentuformf in which: the retainer is an integral rigid pressed-steel structure,,,requiring -,no springs,

or other; adjuncts to maintain it in opera I tlve pos1t1on. My retainer possesses additional advantages over retainers heretoforef 7n patented or pr after.

. I V As sen in Fig. 3, theretainer is generally,,

of U-shape, comprising. a;,relatively wide'g;

oposed,- \as will appeanhereinfl,

transverse front end 1 and two relatively nars 'lrow legsor side members 2. The end .1 and '78 -'the' legs 2'are downwardly flanged attheir outer edges, the front flange being-shown at 3 and the side flanges at 4, said flanges serv 1 ing to prevent the waste from working up around the edges between the retainer and the walls of the box; the side members 2 are reduced in width near their middle, as shown at 5, and. their rear ends '6 are of less width than their front portions, to enable the-Te l. 1 tainer to be-inserted in the box whenin place on the journals The flanges 4 are also cute away, as at 7, in themiddle portion of the, legs, and are ofless depth on the rear portions 6 than in the front portions. The tops of the legsadjac'ent the front end 1 arecut out, as-at 9, to accommodate the collar 10. on the end of the journal 11. The retainershown is for use'in pressed steel boxes, which comprise internal projections 24, through; which journal boxqbolts 25- are'passed, see dotted linesiin Fig. 3, which is why the side members or legs of the retainer are cut away. in the middleandreduced in width in their rear portions, so that the retainer can be inserted in the box around the journal by tilting it somewhat. Cast-iron boxes, however, do not have said projections and bolts, so that retainers for use in them, need not have'their legs so reduced but they may be of uniform width throughout. The essential feature of either form of retainer is now to be described.

From the inside edges of the side legs extend upwardly the integral Ch cks 12, which are bent over at their top edge to form the horizontal bearin faces 13 which, as shown, are of semi-circu ar contour in their front tween the retainer and'the journalandto:-

waste to be re--;

portions. with narrow parallel sided extensio'ns 14 running rearwardl therefrom. he reduction in width, and epth of flange, of the legsis as above tainer tobe applied to any 'of the "types of box in common use, including the presse tainer should fit snugl ,without binding and with a little play, etween the journal and the sides of the box, to prevent the waste from working u between the sides and en of the box, as well as bemake it impossible for the moved from the box without jacking it up.

In Figs. 1 and 2, the invention is shown aplied to a cast-iron journal a bottom wall 15, a front wall 16, a hinged cover 17, side walls Sand a rear .wall 18,- through which latter the journal 11 0f the axle 19 is passed. The bearing brass'20 fits on the journal and a wedge 21 fits-between said brass and the top 22 of the box, as usual.

place in in the bottom of the box in sufficient 7 amount so that when the retainer is inserted. with its legs on each side of the journal,-;its

The oil-soaked-packing or waste 23 is placed top surface lies approximately in, or slightly below, the horizontal plane containing -the axis of the journal, and the-top surfaces 13, 14 of theche'eks faces of the said brass and cannot become displaced while it is free to follow the movements of the same relatively to the box.

against the same. rigid, integral structure,

spring The retainer being a sell her and side members extending 'rearwardly' side of the 'axle stated, to enable there the retainer. and;

box, comprising 12 contact with the bottom -sur--, brass 20. The retainer isthus' positively held down in place on the waste by The-p essure. of the; retainer on the waste at the sides of the journal forces the waste under the journal '1 Y and no springs or..- material being used, there is no possib1lity of its getting out of proper position or of any part being broken. As is well known, durability and simplicity,-in short, rugare essential charactertistics of invention, what from the said end member so as to lie on each 'said side membersb ein' r shaped in'accordance, with the bpx wallfs ,,to, enable ,the ret-ain'er Tto be iins'ertd and; rinovedlfwithout d diificulty, steel box, it being only essential that the re-,

"ner edges" throughout a portion oftheir length, and saidyertieal portions being bent back at their to s to form horizontal portions said side members having vertical portions extending upwardly from their inextending outwardly and adapted to contact ournal, the-outer edges of boxes, comprising a front member, side mem- 1 .bers extending .rearwardly therefrom, said members flanges at their outer edges, tending upwardly having .downwardly pro ecting and cheeks 'exfrom ,the inner edges" of said s1de' members aridfjhaving.horizontal bearing faces at their tops, as and for th urpose described. I

3. Floatingmeans t5 holdtliepa ckingin car ournal boxes, comprising a onepiecemetalliefstructure having parts adaptedto lie on each side of the journal and sub' stantiallycover the space between the latter and-the sldesof the been part adapted to lie" across the end of vthe" journal and "substan tially cover the space between said end and the 11d ofthe box,

, tact with the underside of the journal brass to v thereby hold the packing in place and prevent its unauthorized withdrawal.

4. A device for use in caraxle journal boxes to maintain the oil-soaked waste ;in position, to press itup-against. the lower side of the journal and to prevent its being stolen, comprising a U-shaped metal a structure with downwardly rejecting flanges on its edges, the end mem er. adapted to fit between the end of the journal and the lid of the box and the side members adaptedfto fit between the sides of the journal and the sidewalls of the box, andupward extensions on the side members adapted to be engaged by and be pressed down by the journal brass.

. In. testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand. 4

H. DYER.

v dovvmvardly extending :fla'nges on the edges of -s'aiglfparts, and an up- 

